Jury Pool Profile

Knox County, Maine

Democratic +19 (2024)

Population: 40,860
Median household income: $71,903
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 38,677 94.7%
Black or African American alone 152 0.4%
Asian alone 142 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 104 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 266 0.7%
Two or more races 1,509 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 734 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.2

Under 18 6,971 17.1%
18–24 2,477 6.1%
25–44 8,848 21.7%
45–64 11,492 28.1%
65 and over 11,072 27.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 2.65% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,720
Establishments: 2,289

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,176 24.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,690 21.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,348 13.9%
Manufacturing 1,464 8.7%
Professional & business services 1,251 7.4%
Public administration 1,035 6.1%
Other services 692 4.1%
Financial activities 629 3.7%
Information 245 1.5%
Construction 56 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.5%
Median gross rent: $1,079
Owner-occupied: 14,120
Renter-occupied: 3,859

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,893 votes cast

Democratic 15,076 58.2%
Republican 10,262 39.6%
Other / third-party 555 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 641 1.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 377 1.0%
Other Indo-European 266 0.7%
German 142 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 102 0.3%
Slavic languages 88 0.2%
Chinese 54 0.1%
Vietnamese 30 0.1%
Other 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,979
Family households: 10,395; 57.8% of households
Married w/ children: 8,607
Single-mother households: 791
Veterans: 2,911; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,897 12.1%
Mainline Protestant 3,649 9.0%
Evangelical Protestant 2,684 6.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,199 3.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 12.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Knox County Superior Court
Judges: 1 (Maine Superior Court Justice — approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. Maine has ~17 Justices statewide who rotate assignments among the 16 county branches under a unified bench (4 M.R.S. § 101), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Vintage 2026 courts.maine.gov roster.)
Court seats: Rockland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 5.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023